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This document provides the requirements for the Grade 8 piano exam, including scales, arpeggios, and technical exercises to be performed. It lists three pieces that must be played from three lists (A, B and C) encompassing works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin and Rachmaninov. Sight-reading of a piece around a page in length of Grade 7 difficulty is also required, as well as aural tests assessing the candidate's listening skills.

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Piano 0811

This document provides the requirements for the Grade 8 piano exam, including scales, arpeggios, and technical exercises to be performed. It lists three pieces that must be played from three lists (A, B and C) encompassing works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin and Rachmaninov. Sight-reading of a piece around a page in length of Grade 7 difficulty is also required, as well as aural tests assessing the candidate's listening skills.

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Piano GRADE 8

PREREQUISITE FOR ENTRY : Grade 5 (or above) in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo
Jazz subject.

SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS * : see also p. 6


Scales (similar motion)
C, D, B, F#, F, E b, Ab/G#, D b/C# majors & minors legato or staccato as directed by 4 octaves
(minors both melodic and harmonic) the examiner, hands together
and separately
Scales a third apart
keys as above (majors & harmonic minors only) legato or staccato as directed by 4 octaves
the examiner, hands together
Scales a sixth apart
keys as above (majors & harmonic minors only) legato or staccato as directed by 4 octaves
the examiner, hands together
Legato scales in thirds
C and Bb majors hands separately 2 octaves
Chromatic scales a minor third apart
beginning on any notes named by the examiner legato or staccato as directed by 4 octaves
the examiner, hands together
Chromatic scale in minor thirds
beginning on A#/C# legato, hands separately 2 octaves
Whole-tone scale
beginning on E legato, hands together and sepa- 2 octaves
rately
Arpeggios
keys as for scales (similar motion) above legato, hands together and sepa- 4 octaves
rately, in root position, first and
second inversions
Dominant sevenths
in the keys of C, D, B, F#, F, E b, Ab, Db legato, hands together and sepa- 4 octaves
rately
Diminished sevenths
beginning on any note named by the examiner legato, hands together and sepa- 4 octaves
rately

† This arrangement only


* Published by ABRSM (Scale requirements, Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Specimen Aural Tests)

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Piano: GRADE 8

THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C:
LIST A
1 J. S. Bach Capriccio: 6th movt from Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 ⎫ Selected Piano Exam
2 Trygve Madsen Prelude and Fugue in C: No. 1 from 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 101 ⎬ Pieces 2011 & 2012,
3 C. Schumann Prelude and Fugue in B b: No. 2 from Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16 ⎭ Grade 8 (ABRSM)
4 J. S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in B b, BWV 866: No. 21 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1 (ABRSM)
5 Handel Prelude and Allemande: 1st and 2nd movts from Suite (No. 5) in E (1720 Collection), HWV 430. Handel
Eight Great Suites, Book 2 (ABRSM)
6 Ravel Fugue: No. 2 from Le tombeau de Couperin (Durand/UMP or Peters EP 7376)
7 D. Scarlatti Sonata in F# minor, Kp. 25 (L. 481). No. 25 from Scarlatti Keyboard Pieces and Sonatas, Book 2
(ABRSM) or No. 6 from Scarlatti 200 Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Editio Musica Budapest Z.7817/FM Distribution)
8 D. Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, Kp. 27 (L. 449). No. 19 from Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book 4 (ABRSM) or
No. 8 from Scarlatti 200 Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Editio Musica Budapest Z.7817/FM Distribution)
LIST B
1 Beethoven Rondo: 3rd movt from Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 ⎫
(Grande Sonate pathétique) ⎩ Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012,
2 Field Allegro moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in Eb, Op. 1 No. 1 ⎧ Grade 8 (ABRSM)
3 Mozart Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in D, K. 284/205b ⎭
4 Beethoven Allegro: 4th movt from (Grand) Sonata in Ab, Op. 26. Sonata published individually (ABRSM) or Beet-
hoven The 35 Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 (ABRSM) or No. 12 from Beethoven Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, Vol. 2 (ABRSM)
5 Clementi Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in A. No. 6 from Clementi Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Peters EP 146a)
6 Haydn Moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in C # minor, Hob. XVI/36. Haydn Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2
(Wiener Urtext UT 50028/MDS) or Vol. 3 (2009 new edition: Wiener Urtext UT 50258/MDS)
7 Haydn Allegro moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in Eb, Hob. XVI/38. No. 3 from Haydn Selected Keyboard
Sonatas, Book 2 (ABRSM)
8 Schubert Moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in E minor (unfinished), D. 566. Appendix 4a from Schubert Complete
Pianoforte Sonatas, Vol. 1 (ABRSM)
LIST C
1 Albéniz Sous le palmier: No. 3 from Chants d’Espagne, Op. 232 ⎫
2 Debussy Valse romantique ⎪
† 3 Dave Brubeck King for a Day, trans. H. Brubeck ⎩ Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 &
4 Chopin Nocturne in B, Op. 32 No. 1 ⎧ 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM)
5 Gershwin Novelette in Fourths ⎪
6 Prokofiev Prelude: No. 7 from Ten Pieces, Op. 12 ⎭
7 Y. Bowen Prelude in Eb: No. 7 from 24 Preludes, Op. 102 (Weinberger/FM Distribution)
8 Douglas Finch Toccata montuna. Salsa nueva (Boosey & Hawkes/MDS)
9 Nikolai Kapustin Sonatina, Op. 100 (A-RAM/MusT)
10 Liszt Au lac de Wallenstadt: No. 2 from Années de Pèlerinage: Première année – Suisse (Henle 173 or Henle 173/
MDS)
11 Messiaen Plainte calme: No. 7 from Préludes (Durand/UMP)
12 Mompou Canción y Danza No. 1. Mompou Música para piano (UME/Music Sales)
13 Rachmaninov Mélodie in E: No. 3 from Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3. Rachmaninov Piano Compositions, Vol. 3
(Boosey & Hawkes/MDS)
14 Schumann Abschied (Farewell): No. 9 from Waldscenen, Op. 82 (ABRSM)
15 Smetana Polka in E: from Trois polka de salon, Op. 7. Smetana Polkas (Bärenreiter BA 9506)
16 Carl Vine Bagatelle No. 2: from Five Bagatelles (Faber)

SIGHT-READING *: a piece of around a page in length, time and key signatures as Grade 7, with the addition
of 182 and B and D b majors. Three-part chords in either hand, spread chords and simple ornaments may be
encountered. See also p. 7.

AURAL TESTS FOR THE GRADE *: see pp. 20 and 25

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